Starting the list from the bottom, my tenth favorite movie is the purest comedy on the list, and my personal pick for the funniest movie ever, the absurdist 1980 Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker farce Airplane! A broad...

This week brings a new installment of my series on alt-classical music –music that combines the instrumentation, elegance and sophistication of classical music with the vitality of newer and more modern approaches to music....

Nothing Else Matters – Apocalyptica (Metallica) When I was a child, my parents listened almost exclusively to classical music –it was years before I realized their radio could tune in other stations! As I...